Goodell: Don't sweat weather for 2014 Super Bowl

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell gestures as he addresses the media as New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg listens during a news conference to announce plans for the Super Bowl Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
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NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell gestures as he addresses the media as New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg listens during a news conference to announce plans for the Super Bowl Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
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New York City, meanwhile, will close Broadway between West 34th and West 44th streets, from Jan. 29 to Feb. 1 of 2014, for a free "Super Bowl Boulevard" celebration featuring player appearances, football clinics and a 36-foot-tall "XLVIII" in Times Square.

The game's media center, expected to host about 5,000 journalists, and the televised NFL Honors awards show also will be in the city, where NFL headquarters are located.

"I think New York City is already the nation's Super Bowl champion of tourism," Bloomberg said.

The city estimates it drew some 52 million visitors last year.

Associated Press writer David Porter in Newark, N.J., contributed to this report.